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Top students win engineering prizes
Published by the Communications and Development Department
24 July 2003
Three top students from the Faculty of Engineering at the University of Canterbury were awarded $4,500 in prizes by engineering consultancy Beca Carter Hollings and Ferner Ltd at a function in Christchurch last night.
Beca established the annual prizes in 1990 to support top students and encourage excellence in engineering.
The Prize winners were Kirsten Norquay who is studying civil and environmental engineering, Julian Maclaren, electrical and computer engineering and Richard Crowe, chemical and process engineering. All of the students are in their third professional year of the Bachelor of Engineering degree.
Beca executive director, Mr Ian Fraser, who presented the awards, said that as a leading engineering consultancy, Beca recognised the importance of nurturing high calibre talent and believed it had a responsibility to encourage students to pursue engineering as a profession.
“Beca is proud to take concrete steps to support students and industry alike”, commented Mr Fraser.
The University of Canterbury’s Dean of Engineering, Professor Alex Sutherland said the school greatly appreciated its many contacts with the engineering profession.
“It’s always a pleasure to work with Beca to select the Beca Prize winners. Once again the winners are of the highest calibre, well meeting the requirement of having demonstrated engineering excellence. We congratulate them.”
When selecting the Prize winners, Beca and the University placed equal weight on academic success, personality and extramural interests and achievements.
“We believe it takes more than just straight A’s to make an outstanding engineer and these students have shown real all-round potential to make a great contribution to the profession. We look forward to them becoming professional engineers and leaders in their fields”, Mr Fraser said.
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